(a) No minor over the age of six, other than a minor that has been suspended or expelled from school, shall be at any place within the City except in attendance at school during required attendance unless the minor has written proof from school authorities excusing him or her from attending school at that particular time or unless the minor is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, or a responsible adult selected by the parent or legal guardian to supervise the minor.
(b) Each parent or legal guardian of a minor over the age of six shall have a duty to prohibit the minor from behaving contrary to subsection (a) hereof. No person shall negligently fail to fulfill the duty imposed by this subsection.
(c) It shall be an affirmative defense to subsections (a) and (b) hereof that the minor, at the time he or she was found at a place other than in school, was not required by law to be in attendance at school.
(d) It shall be an affirmative defense to subsection (b) hereof that the parent or legal guardian initiated the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court against the minor prior to the time that the minor was found violating subsection (a) hereof.
(e) Police Officer, school attendance officer, probation or parole officer, when applicable, shall transport any minor found violating subsection (a) hereof to the Police Department for processing. At that time the minor can be booked under this section and transported to the juvenile attention center or summoned into juvenile court under this section. No minor will be released except in the custody of his or her parent or local guardian.
(f) Any minor violating the provisions of Section 509.14 shall be guilty of an act of unruliness and shall be cited to the Stark County Juvenile Court.
(g) Any parent or guardian violating Section 509.14 shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor. For a second or any subsequent violation of these sections, such parent, guardian or other adult person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 104-2006. Passed 7-3-06.)